At Pyka we develop autonomous electric aircraft to provide people with an affordable and safe air transport option for regional trips. We're building a future where everyone can visit a friend, partner, family member, or colleague in a nearby city by air --- where the trip is a beautiful, traffic-free, and environmentally responsible adventure.
To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $56M
Founded date: 2017
Founders name: Nathan White
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, Menlo Park; United States, California, Palo Alto; United States, California, San Francisco
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Endure Cap... | endurecap.... |
| - | Bold Capit... | boldcapita... |
| 29.08.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Fly Ventur... | fly.vc |
| - | UpHonest C... | uphonestca... |
| 02.08.2022 | Piva Capit... | piva.vc |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.04.2022 | Series A | $37M | - |
| 20.01.2020 | Seed | $11M | - |
| 24.12.2019 | Seed | $8M | Prime Move... |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Nathan | White | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 07.09.2023 | Pyka And Dole Achieve Milestone In Sustainable Banana Protec... | - | piva.vc/pr... |
| 05.02.2023 | See inside a new pilotless cargo plane, which has a nose-loa... | Pyka Autonomous electric planemaker Pyka has developed the world's largest zero-emission freighter. ... | businessin... |
| 29.04.2022 | Pyka Closes $37M in Series A Funding | Pyka, an Oakland, CA-based electric autonomous airplane manufacturer, closed a $37M Series A funding... | finsmes.co... |
| 26.04.2022 | Pyka Closes $37M in Series A Funding to Accelerate Aircraft ... | “We are extremely pleased with this successful raise and the opportunities it affords Pyka to rapidl... | prweb.com/... |
| 12.08.2021 | Pyka Announces Dan Grossman as President - Reveals Details o... | "Pyka’s benchmark-setting electric propulsion systems, safety critical control software, advanc... | prweb.com/... |
| 16.03.2021 | OpenBOM™ Continues Accelerated Growth With New Annual Subscr... | OpenBOM “The customers are confident in OpenBOM's ability to help to develop complex products and co... | prweb.com/... |
| 20.01.2020 | Pyka just secured $11 million in a seed funding round | - | boldcapita... |
| 28.12.2019 | Pyka Raises $11M in Seed Funding | Pyka, an Oakland, CA-based provider of an autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone, raised $11M in s... | finsmes.co... |
| 24.12.2019 | Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $... | Modern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious... | techcrunch... |
| 21.08.2017 | All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 | Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged as the top startup trends at Y Combinator‘s 25th De... | techcrunch... |